Combined bill fold and coin purse



July 5, 1932. N. OTTINGER 1,865,881

COMBINED BILL' FOLD AND COIN PURSE Filed May 26, 1951 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR.

40 AT RNEY N. OTTINGER 1,865,881

July 5, 1932.

COMBINED BILL FOLD AND COIN PURSE Fild May 26, 1951 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 M ATTOR EY Patented July 5, 1932 UNITED STATES NATHAN OTTINGER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

COMBINED BELL FOLD AND COIN PURSE Application filed May 26,

This invention relates to a combined billfold and coin purse, and has for its general object and purpose to provide an article of this kind which may be very compactly folded, and when closed, securely confines or holds the bills and coin against possible loss.

It is another important object of the invention to provide a combined billfold' and coin purse, the parts of which are of exceedingly simple form and may be readily stamped or out out from leather or other suitable material and secured in assembled relation with a minimum of manual labor and including relatively foldable parts which when folded to closed position, very compactly holds or secures the several elements together with the bills, the area of the device when closed being relatively small so that it may be conveniently carried in the pocket.

It is another detail object of the invention to provide the body section of the device with a coin receiving pocket and a separate pocket of smaller area to receive one end of the bills, together with a foldable extension of the body wall having a bill holding or retaining flap thereon but permitting the greater portion of the bills to be exposed and readily examined when the extension is in its open position.

It is another object of the invention to provide the body wall of the device with a second foldable closure flap adapted to be folded inwardly over the open side of the coin receiving pocket and insertable into the bill receiving pocket to also retain the foldable bill holding extension of the body wall in its folded position within said pocket. It is also a further object of my invention, in one practicable embodiment thereof, to provide a combination billfold and coin purse having the above noted advantageous features which may be produced from a single blank of leather or other suitable material.

lVith the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in the improved billfold and coin purse, and in the form, construction and relative arrangement of its several parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompany- 1931. Serial No. 540,101.

ing drawings, and subsequently incorporated in the subjoined claims.

In the accompanying drawings, wherein I have illustrated one simple and practical embodiment of my present improvements, and in which similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views,

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing the several parts from which the device is formed, in separated relation;

Fig. 2 is a plan view showing the device open;

Fig. 3 is a similar view on an enlarged scale showing the device closed;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional View taken on the line 44 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a similar sectional view taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 3, and

Fig. 6 is a plan view illustrating a one piece blank as an alternative form of the invention from which the device is produced. 7

Referring in detail to the drawings, the body portion of the device as shown in Fig. 1 is die cut or stamped from a sheet of leather to produce a substantially rectangular part 5 to constitute one side wall of the device. At one of its edges, this part 5 is provided with an extension 6 of somewhat reduced width and of slightly less length than the part 5 and foldable with respect to the latter along the broken line shown at 7 The part 5 is further provided with a second integral extension 8 projecting at right angles to the extension 6 and of substantially triangular shaped form. From the opposite edge of the part 5 with respect to the extension 8,the substantially triangular shaped closure flap '9 projects, the obliquely inclined edge thereof extending in a reverse direction with respect to the inclined edge of the extension 8. The extension 8 is adapted to be folded inwardly upon part 5 along the broken line shown at 10, while the flap 9 is foldable with respect to said part 5 along the line 11. r

In this construction, as a separate element, a substantially rectangular piece of leather l2 of practically the same area as the part 5 is adapted to be superimposed upon the latter and secured along one edge thereof to said art 5 adjacent the fold 7 by the stitching 1ndicated at 13. The edge of the piece 12 extending in parallel relation to the fold is also secured to the part 5 by the line of stitching indicated at 14.

The extension 8 is then folded inwardly upon the piece 12, and the free end edge of said extension 8 and the parallel edges of the piece 12 and the part 5 are permanently secured together by the stitching shown at 15. The free or unsecured edge of the piece 12 is preferably slightly curved as indicated at 16 along the open side of the coin receiving pocket 17 which is thus formed between this iece 12 and the part 5. j

The third element of the device consists of a relatively narrow flap 18 arranged upon the inner side of the extension 6 adjacent the fold 7 and extending longitudinally along the same and inwardly from the line of stitching 19 which secures one edge of said flap to the edge of the extension 6.

In the use of the device as above described, the bills are arranged as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2, with one of their ends extending over the wall 12 of the coin receiving pocket and beneath the diagonally extending free edge of the part 8. Thus, this part in conjunction with the wall 12 forms a second pocket in which the ends of the bills are confined. The bills extend from this confining pocket longitudinally over and upon the extension 6 of the body wall of the device and have one of their edges inserted under the flap 18. This flap has a resilient holding action closely confining the edges of the bills between said flap and the part 6. It will however, be observed that the major portions of the bills are exposed and clearly visible, sufiicient area of the billsbeing free and unsecured by the flap 18, so that the ends of the bills may be readily fingered and lifted to select a bill of the desired denomination, without entirely removing or withdrawing all of the bills. I

A large number of coins may also be confined in the pocket 17. In closing the vdevice, the part 6 is folded upwardly and inwardly along the fold line 7, thus also folding the several bills approximately midway between their ends and said part, together with the ends of the bills carried thereby are inserted beneath the diagonally extending edge of the wall or section 8. The closure flap 9 is then folded inwardly over the open side of the coin receiving pocket 17 and is likewise inserted beneath the diagonal edge of the part 8 and upon the folded bill carrying section 6. Thus, as clearly shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, the section 6 is held by the pres sure of the flap 9 thereon against casual outward movement, and the closure flap 9 is similarly held against such outward movement from beneath the confining. wall or part '8by the pressure and frictional coaction between flap 9 and the underside of the wall 8 induced by the tendency of the folded bills to expand. Thus, it will be evident that by means of such a device, both the coins and the bills are securely held against loss, and without undue bulk. The article when folded, being of comparatively small area, may be readily carried in the trousers pocket, without being in any way conspicuous.

In Fig. 6 of the drawings, I have indicated an alternative construction, in which the entire device may be produced from a single blank of leather or other sheet material. In this construction, the part 12, corresponding to the part 12 is an integral extension of the body wall 5, projecting from the opposite edge thereof with respect to the extension 6. As will be readily understood, this part 12 forming one wall of the purse pocket is folded inwardly on the wall 5 and secured thereto by two lines of stitching extending in parallel relation to the fold connections between the parts 8 and 6 and said body wall 5 as above explained. After the part or section 8 has then been folded, it is likewise secured along its end edge by the line of stitching 15 to the parts 5 and 12. The bill holding fiap 18 is an integral extension from one edge of the part 6 and is adapted to be folded inwardly thereon and then secured adjacent the line of fold by a line of stitching similar to that shown at 19 in Fig. 2 so that the flap will have the desired resilient pressing action upon the bills.

From the foregoing description considered in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction, manner of use and several advantages of my present invention will be clearly and fully understood. It will be seen that I have devised a very simple article of this kind which will be highly serviceable and convenient in practical use. In View of the simplicity of its construction, it is also obvious that the device may be produced on a quantity production basis at relatively small manufacturing cost. Of course, it is evident that an article of this kind can be made in various ornamental leathers or other materials and may likewise be ornamentally decorated with trimmings of gold or other metals. Obviously also, the article may be produced in a number of different sizes and employed as a holder for licenses, pass cards, memoranda, and other articles if desired.

WVhile I have herein disclosed several simple and practical embodiments of my invention, it will nevertheless, be understood that the essential features thereof may also be incorporated in various other alternative structural forms, and I therefore, reserve the privllege of resortmg to all such legitimate changes therein as may be fairly considered within the spirit and scope of the invention I as claimed.

attached along one edge thereof for engagement with bills projecting from said pocket to retain the same upon said extension, and said extension with the bills thereon being foldable relative to said rectangular section and insertable into said pocket beneath said obliquely inclined edge of the pocket wall.

2. A combined billfold and coin purse comprising a sheet of flexible material having a substantially rectangular section constituting one side wall of the pocket, a rectangular part connected with said section along three of its edges and constituting the other side wall of the pocket, a part integrally connected with said section along one edge thereof and extending over said first named part secured along one of its edges thereto to form a second pocket, said latter part having a diagonally extending unattached edge at the open side of the latter pocket, a closure flap integrally connected with the relatively opposite edge of said rectangular section, a relatively foldable extension integrally connected with another edge of said rectangular section, said foldable extension and parts of bills thereon projecting from said second named pocket being foldable together and insertable beneath said diagonal edge of the second named part into said second named pocket, and said closure member being foldable inwardly upon said extension and insertable into said second named pocket to close the open side of said first named pocket.

3. A combined billfold and coin purse comprising a sheet of flexible material having a substantially rectangular section constituting one side wall of the pocket, a rectangular part connected with said section along three of its edges and constituting the other side wall of the pocket, a part integrally connected with said section along one edge thereof and extending over said first named part secured along one of its edges thereto to form a second pocket, said latter part having a diagonally extending unattached edge at the open side of the latter pocket, a closure flap integrally connected with the relatively opposite edge of said rectangular section, a relatively foldable extension integrally connected with another edge of said rectangular section and having means along one edge thereof for engagement over and upon bills extending over said extension, said foldable extension and parts of bills thereon projecting from said second named pocket being foldable together and insertable beneath said diagonal edge of the second named part into said second named pocket, and said closure member being foldable inwardly upon said extension and insertable into said second named pocket to close the open side of said first named pocket.

4. A combined billfold and coin purse comprising a single sheet of flexible material having relatively foldable parts secured together and forming a coin receiving pocket and a pocket to receive one end of the bills, a foldable extension over which the bills project from the latter pocket, said extension having an inwardly projecting resiliently yieldable tab on one edge to retain the bills thereon, said extension together with the bills being foldable relative to the pocket walls and insertable together into the open side of said second named pocket, and a foldable closure part for the open side of the coin pocket adapted to be folded inwardly and inserted into the open side of the bill receiving pocket upon said folded extension.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signed my name hereto.

NATHAN OTTIN GER. 

